Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-20
DAILY HERALD.
First Game Between sthe
Giants and Home Mines.
A WELL CONTESTED GAME.
Bentle of Los Angeles Makes the
Only Home Run-ScOre, 8
to 2 for the Giants.

,nsidering that yesterday was a
weekday, the attendance at the base
ball game between the New York
Giants and the Los Angeles nine, in
the afternoon, showed that there is
more than ordinary interest being
taken in the national game in this
city. 1t has been said that the people
in Los Angeles would attend contests
between good mines, and the recent
gate receipts at the Sixth-street
grounds justifes that conclusion. Yes
terday afternoon there was not a
vacant seat on any OF the benches and
there were number who could not
find seats. There were fully 1000
people who paid their way into the
grounds, and every one of them went
away satisfied that there had been a
good game and that their money had
been well spent. Perhaps the an
nouncement that the New York
Giants, about whom 80 much has
been heard, would be on the
grounds in full force, had something
to do with attracting the large attend
ance, but it is certain that the know
ledge that Los Angeles had at least a
good nine and was likely to cause a
close game, had an equally drawing
power.
Before the game was called yester-
day the difference in size between the
members of the New York club and
those of the home nine was so APP
parent that some of the audience
thought that there was no chance at
all for Los Angeles, and predicted a
very disastrous defeat. That such
was not the case caused a consider
able feeling of pride for the home
nine. For four innings the strikers on
both sides retired in almost ''one, two,
three" order. In the first inning
Conner OF the Giants took his first on
"balls," but he did not
get very far on his way to
the home plate. Nobody
else found first base until the begin
ming of the fourth inning when Dooley
reached "first" where he staid until
the inning was closed few seconds
later. Herman of the Giants, reached
first" during this inning and couldn't
get off. Graves of the Los Angeles,
was the first man to reach third base,
and this was in the fifth inning. He
was unable to get home though he
tried hard. In this inning both Rich
ardson and Calhoun of the Giants,
managed to score runs and at this
stage Of the game the superiority of
the big men at the bat began to be ap-
parent.
10 the sixth inning the home club
made big effort to get in a run, but
failed and the Giants managed to tally
five.
In the seventh inning Graves of the
home nine, scored the first run for the
Los Angeles. He was long and loud
ly cheered. This was all that could
be done by the boys in this inning,
but they managed to shut the Giants
out.
In the eighth inning Bentle, OF the
home nine distinguished himself by
making the only home run of the day.
This was all that resulted from the
eighth inning for Los Angeles, but
Keefe, of the Giants, added another
to their score.
The ninth inning resulted in moth
ing for either club, and the score stood
8 to 2 in favor of the Giants.
To-day the score is expected to be
still closer and it it is certain that the
attendance will be larger.
It is announced that the Giants will
remain and play an extra game on
Monday.
For the game to-day Duryea and
Stockwell, Of the st. Paul nine, will
form the battery of the home nine.
These gentlemen played with the st.
Pauls last season when they beat the
Chicagos two straight games. The
score yesterday was as follows: